I can’t imagine a world without David Bowie. I guess I did for the first ten years of my life before he released “Space Oddity.” From then on, however, I followed Mr. Bowie through every stage, every musical and stylistic change. For a young black kid who was listening to soul music, but also was […]

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A few weeks ago, I posted my list of the best films of the year but time off for the holidays allowed my to catch up to a couple more films that certainly were among the best films of the year and: I did see them in 2015. So, since it’s my list I have […]

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A couple of weeks ago, I listed my favorite music CDs of the year. In past years, I gave you a list of my favorite concerts, but I honestly can’t this year, because I don’t think I saw 10 concerts all year, making all of them in the Top 10 (but I did see some […]

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1. I know that the Cubs have signed highly prized free agent Jason Heyward (and away from the hated Cardinals) and made the playoffs last year, but suddenly, lots of people are calling the Cubs, yes the team that hasn’t won a World Series in 107 years and hasn’t appeared in a World Series in […]

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Already, Rolling Stone, Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune, Jim DeRogadis have posted their top music released in 2015. The Grammys released their nominations this week also, so it’s time to round out my favorites. I may be old fashioned, but I still buy music, usually on CD although I still download it onto my […]

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Overall, all of the reviews of the latest James Bond film Spectre have been marginally positive. One thing everyone can agree upon is that it is not as good as its immediate predecessor – Skyfall. The third Daniel Craig film grossed the most money in its first U.S. weekend than any Bond film in history […]

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MAJOR SPOILER WARNING – Spectre is being discussed, so don’t read this until you have seen it (or if you have interest in what I write but no interest in seeing the film, which is a little strange, but hey…) As I have said, I like Spectre a great deal. The action was good; the […]

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